Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Jepara, also known as Persijap is an Indonesian professional

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club based in

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. They are set to compete in the Liga 1 from the 2025–26 season, the top tier of Indonesian football after promotion from Liga 2 in 2024–25. Their nickname is ''Laskar Kalinyamat'' ( Kalinyamat Warriors) and ''Elang Laut Jawa'' (

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s).

History

Foundation and early years (1954–1994)

Persijap was founded on 11 April 1954. Syahlan Ridwan, Jepara's Regent, founded the club. They have contributed players to the

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since 1979 when Haryanto was the first choice

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of the national team. Other national team players such as Siswandi Gancis, Solekan and Warsidi was from Persijap. They managed to win the

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in 1982.

Modern era and recent history (1994–present)

Their recent achievements in Indonesian football was only their promotion to the

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in 2000 and 2004 with

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Rudi William Keltjes. In the youth teams, they managed to add

titles in 1998 and 2002. In 2007, they were also promoted to the newly formed

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. They were included in the

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, before returning to the Super League in September 2012. In August 2014, they were relegated to the

. On 25 February 2025, Persijap secured promotion to Liga 1 by winning against

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in promotion play-off with a narrow 1–0 win, with a goal from

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in 84th minute and return to top tier after 11 years absence.

Crest

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Kit suppliers

* Villour Sport (2006–2009) *

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(2009–2010) *

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(2010–2011) *

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(2011–2012) * Red Warriors (2013) * Eureka Sports (2014) * Kool (2015) * Calsei (2016) * MBB (2017) * Al-Ikhsan (2018) * Kaki Jersi (2019) * Trops (2020) * Degree (2021) * Made by club (2022) * Etams (2023) * Adhoc Apparel (2024)

Stadium

Before 2008, Persijap played the home matches at the Kamal Djunaedi Stadium. Persijap now plays their home matches at the

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Supporters

Persijap Jepara's supporter groups are Jetmania (Jepara Tifosi Mania), BANASPATI (Barisan Supporter Persijap Sejati), and CURVANORDSYNDICATE.

Players

Current squad

Coaching staff

Season-by-season records

Honours

* Liga 2 **Promotion play-off winner: 2024–25 * Liga 3 **Champions (1):

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** Champions (3): 1982, 1998, 2002 * Megawati Cup ** Champions (1): 2004

References

External links

*
Persijap Jepara
at

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* {{Portal bar, Indonesia, Association football Football clubs in Indonesia Football clubs in Central Java Association football clubs established in 1954 1954 establishments in Indonesia